Full Time Groom/Rider
Rivermonte Park, Waikato, WKO, New Zealand- Type
- Salary
- Depends entirely on experience and ability
- Work Type
- Temporary; Permanent
- Work Time
- Full-time; Part-time
- Live-In
- Live-In Optional
- Bring Own Horse
- Training Available
- Non-Smoker
- Job No
- 379509
- Status
- Looking
- Posted
- 6/20/2022
- Updated
- 6/20/2022
- Expires
- in 2 months
- Views
- 125
We are a small well equipped equine centre with great working conditions, looking after and producing sports horses, rehab horses, spelling horses, broodmares and foals. Some of our horses are very fit, some are starting their education, some are on holiday and some are part of our breeding program. It is important that each horse gets the individual attention it needs all the time.
We need someone who is:
Confident and experienced around horses, including thoroughbreds, young horses and sports horses.
Reliable, honest and conscientious
Able to work in a team and/or on their own
Willing to learn and have an inquiring mind
Physically fit enough to work outdoors all year round
Passionate about horses, their care and their training
Have a good work ethic
Have a can-do-attitude and combined with common sense
Have an eye for details and be thorough with all tasks
Be able to follow instructions
Be able to lunge fit horses or young horses for education
If you ride well enough there will be plenty of opportunity to ride and may be compete.
The job includes mucking out, all stable duties, feeding, bringing horses in and out to the paddocks, on and off the horse walker, tacking up, untacking and washing off, as well as grooming, pulling manes, clipping, plaiting, and turning horses out to a very high standard. The right person will be able to help train horses.
While experience with completing all the usual stable tasks and handling horses is essential, further training can be given on all aspects of the groundwork, however we are not able to teach someone to ride.
We are located between Cambridge and Ohaupo, so you need to be able get to and from work.
Horses are not a Monday to Friday 09.00 to 17.00 job they need looking after 7 days a week so we work 08.00 to 17.00, 5 days a week on a rota and whatever hours necessary at competition.
If you think this could be the job for you, please email me your cv, references and recent videos of you riding.
Requirements
If you are interested in the riding part of this vacancy please make sure you include accurate videos of you riding. Please also state your abilities, experience and your competition record as honestly as possible. Finally as our rider is lightweight, please state you height and weight when applying.
THIS VACANCY IS ONLY OPEN TO PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY RESIDENT IN NEW ZEALAND OR HOLD A NEW ZEALAND PASSPORT OR PERMANENT RESIDENCY VISA - IF YOU DO NOT MEET THIS REQUIREMENT WE CAN NOT HELP YOU
Required Key Skills
- Riding
- Driving license
- First-Aid
- Equine First-Aid
- Handling Youngstock
- Schooling
- Lunging
- Bandaging
- Plaiting
- Clipping
- Trim/Pull
- Sole Charge
- Exercising
- Competing
- People Skills
- Long Reining
Required Expertise
- Dressage
- Eventing
- Show Jumping
- Flatwork
- Hacking
Accommodation
We may have a small bedroom with shared bathroom available for the right person.
Job Benefits
Great working conditions, lovely horses, lots of different experiences, further training and plenty of opportunities to gain experience.
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- Employer No
- 291032
- Name
- Rivermonte Park
- Location
- Waikato, New Zealand
- Facility Type
We are a small rehab, agistment, young horse handling, re-training and eventing/show jumping yard which is in the process of a substantial refurbishment and improvement program to include a new large menage, lunge arena, gallops, cross country schooling facility, etc
